The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Episode 313: Third Take on Venus

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— ESA spacecraft to join Venusian fleet (space.com) (esa.int) (en.wikipedia.org) (arxiv.org) — Jean-Luc Margot et al recently m...

Episode 312: Hot Take on Venus

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Discovery 15 and 16 selected - we’re heading for Venus! (space.com) (spacenews.com)— NASA Presidential Budget Request (planeta...

Episode 311: SALSO Dancing

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Megaconstellations in the news — Viasat asking for halt to building out Starlink (spacenews.com) — Chinese Guowang const...

Episode 310: Zhurong Roves

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Zhurong rover dismounts from lander (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Rocket Lab failure analysis (spacenews.com) (rocketlabusa....

Episode 309: Positive Thinking

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab Recovery (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (rocketlabusa.com) — Scott Manley demonstrated the TVC angle on 2nd stage...

Episode 308: Lunar Twins

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Awards, awards, awards — Eta Space - In-orbit cryogenic refueling (spaceref.com) — JPL - Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (c...

Episode 307: Fire Carried

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Long March 5B set for uncontrolled re-entry (spacenews.com) — The module raised and is maintaining orbit (HT Colin: heavens-a...

Episode 306: What About IV?

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Renewable Space Updates (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— ACES scrapped, but lives on in Centaur V (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/t...

Episode 305: Moon, Dear

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— HLS downselection - Starship chosen (PDF: nasa.gov) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) — HLS Base Period Source Selection occurred last...

Episode 304: WRT Raining, Pouring

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— ISS’s crew of ten (spacepolicyonline.com) (spacenews.com)— Rocket Lab to test booster recovery from space this May (rocketlabu...

Episode 303: Dramatic Concealed Conflagration

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Failed data bus on Crew Dragon (HT Kevin Smith: blogs.nasa.gov)— SN11 landing failure (space.com) (twitter.com/Bojay_stellar) (t...

Episode 302: Debris Mayhem

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Bill Nelson to be nominated as next NASA head (spacenews.com) (whitehouse.gov)— Debris mayhem — Space Force would hire deor...

Episode 301: Service Update

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Ukrainian startup looks at in-orbit servicing (spacenews.com) (kursorbital.com)— Northrup’s MEV-2 prepares for docking attempt...

Episode 300: Nikolas Trawny, Ph. D.

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab reveals Neutron, goes public (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (rocketlabusa.com)Short & Sweet— Starship burned ...

Episode 299: Dare Mighty Parachutes

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Perseverance update! — Parachute message (twitter.com) — MATLAB solution (HT trbinsc in the chat: cdn.discordapp.com...

Episode 298: Tango Delta

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Perseverance has landed! (arstechnica.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (uahirise.org) — HiRISE managed to snap a photo...

Episode 297: Fleet Arrival

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Mars Hope and Tianwen-1 arrive — Great video from Tianwen-1 as it passes its first periareion (twitter.com/AJ_FI) — Tian...

Episode 296: Spectre-2 Incoming

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starship SN9 update (spacenews.com) — Lots of leftover LOX visible on IR footage (youtube.com) — SN8’s FAA violation (...

Episode 295: Storybook Titles

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starship, Elon, and the FAA   — SN8 violated launch license (theverge.com) — SN9 had to contend with the outco...

Episode 294: DOWNLINK--Panagiotis Tsiotras II

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— SLS Green Test hotfire followup (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— SpaceX b...

Episode 293: Spacebots, Roll Out!

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— ISS to get more solar panels! (space.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov) — 2017 Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) de...

Episode 292: Ungoogleable

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— NASA selects four small-scale missions to further develop (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) — Pioneers program (science.nasa.gov) ...

Episode 291: Loss of Legs

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Landing Super Heavy (twitter.com/elonmusk) (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge) — Scott Manley covered this technique (youtube.com) —...

Episode 290: Get Out and Push

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Astra makes it to space! (twitter.com/lorengrush) (spacenews.com) (space.com) — Orbital parameters (HT Mike Stewart twitter.c...

Episode 289: Fierce Flip

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— SN8 high-altitude flight (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) — SNM analysis/discussion (youtube.com) — Accomplis...

Episode 288: Sample Bonanza

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Chang’e-5 lunar sampling (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (theverge.com) (spaceflight101.com) — Sample transfer happened sho...

Episode 287: Okay With the Hat

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab recovery (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) — A list of direct quotes from the press conference (twitter.com/Erdayastronaut)...

Episode 286: Rock Blade

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— SN8 follow-up (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (youtube.com) — Martyte is a ceramic-filled epoxy, used to coat t...

Episode 285: Trench-rich Combustion

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starship SN8 fires a second (and third) time. (space.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk)— Crew-1 certified (spacenews.com)...

Episode 284: DOWNLINK--Mark Lester

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket lab aims to recover booster (spacenews.com) (aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org) (rocketlabusa.com)Short & Sweet— Spacebit doe...

Episode 283: Sample Stowed

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Direct lunar water observation (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com)— OSIRIS-REx stores sample (spacenews.com) (astero...

Episode 282: Nightingale Sneeze

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— OSIRIS-REx completes TAG (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (asteroidmission.org) — Descent v...

Episode 281: International Gateway

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— NASA and ESA Lunar Gateway contracts awarded (space.com) (spacenews.com) — Airbus and Thales Alenia were also contracted to d...

Episode 280: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins II

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— SpaceX Crew-1 mission delayed (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Tom Mueller explained the gas generator cycle, and the Merlin...

Episode 279: Free-Floating Selfie Stick

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Tianwen-1 selfie (twitter.com/AJ_FI) — No country’s first Mars mission has ever been an orbiter/lander pair before (eoporta...

Episode 278: DOWNLINK--Panagiotis Tsiotras

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— NASA science mission delays (spacenews.com) — JWST deployment tests are done! (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Blue Origin purs...

Episode 277: Little Nub

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Nanoracks ISS airlock is nearly complete (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— Dynetics HLS mockup arrives at JSC (twitter.com/Dynetics...

Episode 276: DOWNLINK--Baratunde Cola

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Cause of ULA’s recent hot-fire abort has been identified. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/torybruno) — A “routine, ongoin...

Episode 275: First Light Flight

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab secretly launches Photon spacecraft (techcrunch.com) (spacenews.com) (space.com)Short & Sweet— SpaceX sets a new ...

Episode 274: DOWNLINK--Peter Beck

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Funding secured for NanoFEEP manufacturer Morpheus Space (spacenews.com) (HT Andrew Zdanowicz: defenseone.com) — Liquid eyeli...

Episode 273: Jupiter via SLS?

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Europa Clipper might not fly on SLS (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Ball Aerospace successfully completes green-fueled smallsa...

Episode 272: DOWNLINK--Caty Pilachowski

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Lucy on track for 2021 launch (americaspace.com)— Rocket Lab increases performance (spacenews.com) (PDF: rocketlabusa.com)— NA...

Episode 271: The Dominator

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Mars Perseverance and Ingenuity on their way to Mars (spaceflightnow.com) (americaspace.com) — SHERLOC calibration target inc...

Episode 270: A Little to The Left

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Progress MS-15 encounters KURS docking issue (rocketrundown.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Astra wil...

Episode 269: DOWNLINK--Kathryn Crowe

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Dream Chaser trunk, Shooting Star, finds its own life (americaspace.com) (sncorp.com) (space.com)Short & Sweet— Hayabusa2 no...

Episode 268: 80 Corrective Actions

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starliner has more work to do (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)— Starship construction update (HT Andrew Z: wccftech.com)Short ...

Episode 267: DOWNLINK--John Z. Kiss

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Perseverance launch slips again (spacenews.com) — Centaur has been repaired (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)Short & Sweet—...

Episode 266: Demo-2 and the Spacewalks

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Demo-2 and spacewalks (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com)— Suborbital Crew (spacenews.com)— SpaceShip Two news (spacenews.com)S...

Episode 265: VIPER Will Zoot

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Astrobotic to deliver VIPER rover to Moon (spaceflightinsider.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Some instruments will fly on earli...

Episode 264: Ad Astra Per Justitia

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Loverro misconduct update (wsj.com via marketscreener.com) — Kathy Lueders selected to lead HEO Mission Directorate (twitter....

Black Lives Matter

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Some black voices and hashtags to amplify and listen to— twitter.com/astrotoya— twitter.com/astronaia— twitter.com/astro_eustice— twitter.com/...

Episode 263: Flat Screen

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Demo-2 mission: Endeavor docks with ISS (spacenews)(twitter.com/lorengrush) — A bell in Unity is rung twice to announce the a...

Episode 262: No Loverro Lost

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Loverro quit! (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (arstechnica.com) (washingtonpost.com)— Crew Dragon launch prep (HT Andrew Z:...

Episode 261: Pessimism Sandwich

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Three-part NASA Lunar News — Plans for Gateway and Artemis undergo refinement (spacenews.com) — NASA advisory committee ...

Episode 260: DOWNLINK--Dan Hegel

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— China’s big Long March 5B (Chang Zheng 5B) flight— — The flight (spaceflightnow.com)— — The capsule landing (spaceflight...

Episode 259: Human Moon Landers

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— NASA selects companies to develop Human Landing System (HLS) for Artemis (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) — So...

Episode 258: Firefly Payday

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Firefly signs Launch Services Agreement with Spaceflight, Inc. (spacenews.com) (spaceflight.com) — Originally autogenously pr...

Episode 257: Ocean of Storms

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Intuitive Machines selects lunar landing site (spacenews.com) — Nova-C’s publicity page (intuitivemachines.com) — Maps...

Episode 256: Grappling Hook

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab completes successful demonstration of mid-air capture. (rocketlabusa.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com) — Tim Dodd...

Episode 255: DOWNLINK--Jordan Noone

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight News— Starship SN3 Collapse (space.com) (arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) — RIP Starship Mk1 (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) ...

Episode 254: XL to The Moon

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Gateway Logistics Services Program awarded to SpaceX (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Dragon XL (you...

Episode 253: Lackluster

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Artemis-1 Orion tests complete (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) — Ships to KSC March 23 (twitter.com/NASAKennedy) — Cu...

Episode 252: Non-Critical

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— RS-25 Testing (nasaspaceflight.com)— Gateway officially non-critical for Artemis landing (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Spa...

Episode 251: 61 Corrective Actions

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starliner update (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Last minute scrub costs Astra the DARPA Challenge (spaceflightn...

Episode 250: This Is Not the Plan

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— SpaceX plans a mobile service tower (twitter.com/Falcon9Block5) (space.com) — Starship SN-1 suffered pressure failure (twitte...

Episode 249: DOWNLINK--Laura Forczyk on her new book Rise of the Space Age Millennials

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— InSight’s HP3 to get a lil push (www.dlr.de) (twitter.com/NASAInSight) (mars.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— JAXA going forward wi...

Episode 248: Four Discoverers

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Discovery Program selects four finalists (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— DAVINCI+ (PDF: hou.usra.edu) (wikipedia.or...

Episode 247: DOWNLINK--Jason Batt

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— ASAP report on CST-100 Starliner (arstechnica.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Astra Space emerges from stealth mode (spacenews.com) (arst...

Episode 246: Cupola Virus

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Near-miss of IRAS and GGSE-4 (c4isrnet.com) (spacenews.com) (kiro7.com) (space.com) — Image of post-conjunction trails (twitt...

Episode 245: More 'Splosions

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Spaceway-1 batteries (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Firefly suffers an anomaly on the test stand. (spacenews....

Episode 244: DOWNLINK--Silvia Alba

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Crew Dragon In-flight Abort Test successful (youtube.com) — Beautiful views of in-air explosion (twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) ...

Episode 243: Ad Astra Per DARPA

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Astra Space obtains launch permits — Three polar launches from Kodiak (apps.fcc.gov) (www.faa.gov) — DARPA launch from W...

Episode 242: DOWNLINK--Dr. Martin Elvis

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— ISRO confirms plans for Chandrayaan-3 (spacenews.com) — Chandrayaan-2 imagery (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— SpaceX plans a m...

Episode 241: Clock Kerfuffle

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starliner OFT (nasaspaceflight.com) (collectspace.com) — IR video (twitter.com/NASA) — Re-entry video from the ground (t...

Episode 240: Nightingale

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab inaugurates LC 2 at Wallops. (spacenews.com) — Reuse footage from Running Out of Fingers (youtu.be)— OSIRIS-Rex ...

Episode 239: DOWNLINK--Kyla Edison

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry about the links not working! Squarespace knows about the issue, but still hasn’t fixed it. Visit theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/kyla-ediso...

Episode 238: Moon Prep

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry there are no links in this episode! Squarespace has broken that feature. Please visit theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/moon-prep for links and...

Episode 237: DOWNLINK--Elena Zorzoli Rossi

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starship overpressure explosion (spacenews.com) — Rumors on 4Chan, via Reddit and NSF forum (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge)(forum...

Episode 236: Panel jettison

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Spacewalk to repair AMS (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — AMS overview (nasa.gov) — Footage from the EVA — The co...

Episode 235: DOWNLINK--Andrew Rader

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spaceflight news— Starliner pad abort test complete (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) — Chute failure caused by misplaced pin (americaspace....

Episode 234: Irregular Nomenclature

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 29 October 1998: Launch of STS-95 (wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov)— Next week in 1974: SolidaritySpaceflight news— Upgra...

Episode 233: IAC DC, 2019

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bit of a weird show this week! No news, tired hosts. We talk about our favorite things from this year’s International Astronautical Congress, and we...

Episode 232: Full Panic Ensued

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— October 17, 1956: Birth of Mae Jemison (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Battery replacement EVAs (americaspace.com)— Co...

Episode 231: Fewer gyros, more problems

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 2000 October 9: HETE-2, first orbital launch from Kwajalein (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1956: listen in for an audio cl...

Episode 230: Starship InSight

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— October 1, 1958: NASA begins operations (wikipedia.org) (archives.gov)— Next week in 2000: Sometimes a good explosion is ...

Episode 229: Somewhat Rectilinear

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— September 27 2003: last flight of Ariane 5 G, launching E-Bird — First A5 flight, 1996, failed spectacularly (youtu.be...

Episode 228: Fired up

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 21 September 1968: Landing of zond 5 (wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com)— Next week in 2003: generic no longerSpaceflig...

Episode 227: Successful Orbiter

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 12 September 1959: Launch of Luna 2 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Chandrayaan-2’s successful orbiter mission? (space...

Episode 226: Duricrust

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 7 September 1914: Birth of James Van Allen (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1962: cloud-based navigationSpaceflight news— ...

Episode 225: DATA RELAY--Hot Structures

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— August 30, 1931. Birth of Jack Swigert (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1914: You know what might have killed Swigert….Spa...

Episode 224: Downward Vector

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— August 21, 1959. Little Joe 1 failure (pao.ksc.nasa.gov) (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Linkspace hover test (spacenews...

Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (spacemedicineassociation.org) (PDF: pnas.org)Spaceflight ...

Episode 222: Heat Sunk

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 9 August 2005: Landing of STS-114 (wikipedia.org)(space.com)Spaceflight news— Cause of GOES-17 satellite issue identified...

Episode 221: Soul Source

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 30 July 2008, first full firing of a Falcon 9 with all nine engines (spacex.com)Spaceflight news— NASA issues rare sole s...

Episode 220: DOWNLINK--Ron Burkey

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 25 July 1962: Statement of work issued for LEM (hq.nasa.gov)Spaceflight news— Crew Dragon Explosion Conclusion (spaceflig...

Episode 219: Future Imperfect

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 18 July 1980: first successful launch of SLV, lofting Rohini RS-1 to orbit. (wikipedia.org)(wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news—...

Episode 218: Low-flying Starlink

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 10 July, 1992: Giotto flies past 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (wikipedia.org) — Ten instruments onboard (nature.com) — Ma...

Episode 217: Ms. Tree Snags the Fly!

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— July 2, 1952: birth of Linda Godwin (wikipedia.org) — STS-37 (wikipedia.org) — STS-59 (wikipedia.org) — STS-...

Episode 216: Look to Windward

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 28 June 1969. First flight of Black Arrow (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Upcoming non-Earth science missions — 201...

Episode 215: Shibboleth

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week in SF history— 22 June 1978. Discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon by John Christy (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Psyche review/preview (...